AMT 640

• Inspection Is a visual examination and manual checks to determine the condition of an aircraft or component
• Inspection system is designed to maintain an aircraft in the best possible condition.
• Calendar Inspection is an efficient system from a maintenance management standpoint.
• Flight hours is established to limit the number of hours that may be flown during the calendar interval.
• TCDS describes the type design and sets forth the limitations prescribed by the applicable CFR part.
• AD is published to notify aircraft owners and other interested persons of unsafe conditions and to prescribe the conditions that the product may be continued to be operated.
• CFR is established by law to provide for the safe and orderly conduct of flight operations and to prescribe airmen privileges and limitations.
• IPC presents component breakdowns of structure and equipment in disassembly sequence
• Structural Manual contains the manufacturers information and specific instructions for repairing primary and secondary structures.
• Overhaul Manual contains brief descriptive information and detailed step by step instructions covering work normally performed on a unit that has been removed from the aircraft.
• CAAP

  Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
• FAA

  Federal Aviation Administration
• EASA

  European Aviation Safety Agency
• PCAR


  Philippine Civil Air Laws and Regulations
• CFR 


  Code of Federal Regulations
• IPC

  Illustrated Parts Catalog
• AD

  Airworthiness Directives
• TCDS

  Type Certificate Data Sheets
• SRM

  Structural Maintenance Manual
• DTB

  Deoneil T. Burgos
• Aircraft Logbooks must be reviewed to provide background information and a maintenance history of the aircraft
• Aircraft Logbooks is the record in which all data concerning the aircraft is recorded.
• Always use a Checklist when performing an inspection
• Service Bulletin and Service Instructions are types of puiblications issued by airframe, engine and component manufacturers.
• Checklists must be utilized to ensure that no items will be forgotten or overlooked during the inspection.
• Aeronautical Publications it is the source of information for guiding aviation mechanics in the operation and maintenance of aircraft and related equipment.
• Maintenance Manual contains information for the mechanic who normally works on components assemblies and systems while they are installed in the aircraft
• Pre-Flight Checklist is a list of tasks that should be performed by pilots and aircrew priort to takeoff
• Special Inspection happens when occasions may arise something out of the ordinary happens, so when in situations where the manual does not adress the situation seek advice from other experience AMTs. Also performed after a flight through a severe turbulence.
• Detailed Inspection may include different levels of detail. often referred to as "checks" that involve increasing levels of detail

  
  

  • A-Check - are the least comprehensive and occur frequently
  • B-Check
  • C-Check
  • D-Check (HMV) Heavy Maintenance Visit - are extremely comprehensive involving major disassembly, removal, overhaul etc.
• Continuous Inspection are similar to progressive inspection, except they apply to large or turbine-powered aircraft and therefore are more complicated.

  Airlines utilizes it that includes both routine and detailed inspections.
• Progressive Inspection allows an aircraft to be inspected progressively, because the scope and detail of an annual inspection is essentially divided into segments or phases (4-6)
• Annual / 100-Hour inspections performed every 12 calendar months or when 100 hrs of service is completed.
• Corrective Maintenance happens when a fault occurs & makes the aircraft serviceable again. It is not scheduled or planned for as the faults can occur at random
• Preventative Maintenance reduces the probability of failures - they attempt to stop faults occuring. Servicing, Scheduled, Condition Based Maintenance, Out of Phase maintenance.
• The ATA iSPec 2200 dived the aircraft into systems, such as air conditrioning, that covers the basic air conditioning system.
• The original specification was called ATA Spec 100 then eventually ATA Spec 2100 was developed for electronic documentation. and these two specification evolved into one document called the ATA iSPec 2200.